Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Today we were up
early again and headed to Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. As we walked through the turnstiles into the
museum the ticket lady directed us way to the back to catch the Tram Tour of
NASA right off the bat. They take your
group picture in front of a green screen before you board the tram. The first stop was to see the control room
for the Apollo missions. The software is
way outdated so it’s just there for display.
We toured all kinds of things and saw some of the new projects they are
working on. The space shuttle program
has ended and they are now working on sending a way advanced rover, Curiosity, to MARS in August this year. We also saw some of the components of the
Orion program that will continue exploration of space.
The Orion
Crew Exploration Vehicle was originally part of NASA’s Constellation Program,
which is no longer an active NASA program. However, the design for Orion was
carried forward as the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (Orion MPCV) as part of
NASA’s new plans to explore beyond low Earth orbit and into deep space. For the
latest information on Orion MPCV, visit the Orion MPCV page.
Another show called
Living in Space showed what the sleeping quarters looks like for the
astronauts. Alan was selected to be one
of the astronauts in the show and was very excited to show us how the
astronauts exercise in space. They have
to exercise for 2hrs every day to keep their bodies in shape without having
gravity!!
The favorite of the
day was the play area for kids!! Eddie
spent a lot of his Christmas money on a real orange astronaut suit that he
absolutely LOVES!!
Daddy had a paper to
write for work so the boys and I drove out to Spring, TX to see the Hatch
family. Jenn introduced Daniel to
me. It was great catching up with Jenn,
Ryan, and their 4 kids!! The kids could
have played all night J Unfortunately the Hatch kids had their last
day of school in the morning.
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